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Bridge Looking Downstream To North

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View Looking Upstream To South

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View Of The Western Approach

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View Of The Eastern Approach

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Easterly View Of Bridge Substructure And Pier

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Facts

Overview: Lost two-span through truss bridge over Flat River on Ceder Falls Road just east of Desloge in Desloge
Location: Desloge, St. Francois County, Missouri
Status: No longer exists, replaced by concrete bridge
History: Built 1911 by Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. for $3,890. Replaced 1989.
Builder: - Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design: Two pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 180.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.88254, -90.50286 (decimal degrees)
37°52'57" N, 90°30'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/719608/4195722 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: Survey #345 (T. 37 N., R. 5 E.)
USGS topographic map: Bonne Terre
Inventory number: BH 22600 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments

Cedar Falls Bridge

Posted October 15, 2005, by Dale Dworak (hmshyperion [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I grew up near this bridge. We used to inch up the chords and then walk along the top. I have some old color pictures of the bridge in the late 70s/early 80s I'll try and find. For a while you could also drive underneath and across Flat River Creek. The new bridge has no personality.